Now viewing scripture range from the book of 2 Esdras chapter 2:13 through chapter 2:16...
13 Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.
14 Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.
15 Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.
Why is this book in the Bible?